The group consisted of “approximately 50 to 70 gang members,” according to the LAPD. During the investigation, officers found a total of 17 firearm with some of them placed “in plain sight ...

The City Council today confirmed former Los Angeles County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the 59th chief of the LAPD, the nation’s ...

A Los Angeles police officer was charged Thursday with stealing brass knuckles and other weapons and tampering with evidence ...

The City Council's 11-2 vote to confirm Jim McDonnell as the next LAPD chief came amid renewed scrutiny of his record on ...

McDonnell will be taking over a department that will deal with major security issues in the coming years as the region hosts the Olympics, a Super Bowl and eight World Cup matches.

When Jim McDonnell was L.A. County sheriff, he allowed federal immigration authorities to target people for deportation in ...

The city of Los Angeles is trying to shut down what officials describe as rampant prostitution and violence at a motel along ...

It happened on Oct. 16 during an undercover operation between the LAPD's Narcotics and Gang teams in downtown Los Angeles. At the end of it, officers had arrested 28-year-old Jose Alberto Soto and ...

LAPD referenced figures from the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency for the Los Angeles area in estimating the drugs to be worth more than $4 million. And, given the DEA's estimate that 2mg of pure ...

Two Los Angeles Police Department officers were hospitalized after getting injured during a pursuit that ended in a violent crash in the Westlake District early Monday. The chase began at around 3 ...

Six people were arrested for commercial burglary, four for receiving stolen property, and two for failure to disperse, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The LAPD shared footage of a ...